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The following events took place on January 6. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 48 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1066

  Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) is crowned King of England.
• 1118

  Reconquista: Alfonso the Battler conquers Zaragoza.
• 1205

  Philip of Swabia becomes King of the Romans.
• 1322

  Stephen Uroš III is crowned King of Serbia.
• 1355

  Charles I of Bohemia is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan.
• 1449

  Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.
• 1492

  The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.
• 1540

  King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves.
• 1579

  The Union of Arras is signed.
• 1661

  English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London, England.
• 1690

  Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, becomes King of the Romans.
• 1721

  The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
• 1781

  In the Battle of Jersey, the British defeat the last attempt by France to invade Jersey.
• 1809

  Combined British, Portuguese and colonial Brazilian forces begin the Invasion of Cayenne during the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1838

  Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
• 1839

  The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20% of the houses in Dublin.
• 1853

  President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce’s 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash.
• 1870

  The inauguration of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
• 1893

  The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
• 1900

  Second Boer War: Having already sieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• 1907

  Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
• 1912

  New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• 1912

  German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• 1921

  Formation of the Iraqi Army.
• 1929

  King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country’s constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
• 1929

  Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India’s poorest and sick people.
• 1930

  The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
• 1931

  Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
• 1941

  United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
• 1946

  The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.

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